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lhttpc

lhttpc is a lightweight HTTP/1.1 client implemented in Erlang, developed at Erlang Training and Consulting Ltd.

Licence

BSD

Features

• Persistent connections (configurable timeout)
• HTTP / HTTPS (ssl) support
• HTTP versions < 1.1 should be supported

Pipelining will probably never be supported...

Limitations

• No support for "streaming" the response body (this means that the whole response body will be returned as a binary, regardless of its size)
  • Added in current tip
• No support for SSL options, such as client certificates
  • Added in current tip
• The client can't follow redirects
• It's not possible to limit the number of outgoing connections
• No proper support for Except: 100-continue behaviour

Versions

Current stable: 1.2.3

Version history:

• 1.2.3
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.0
• 1.0.0

TODO

• Add support for HTTP redirects
• Consider support for limiting number of sockets

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